Reflex vibration attachment



Jan. 23, 1968 L. REITER 3,364,921

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Patented Jan. 23, 1968 3,364,921 REFLEX VIBRATION ATTACHMENT LambertReiter, 30 N. 1st St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55401 Filed Oct. 11, 1965,Ser. No. 494,555 3 Claims. (Cl. 128-32) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Ahand operable vibrator having in combination therewith a plate member, abracket removably securing said plate member to said vibrator, aresilient pad between said vibrator and said plate member, and saidplate member having a handle integral therewith.

This invention relates to an improvement in connection with aconventional type of hand operated vibrator wherein an attachment isprovided to produce a modified or reflex vibratory action in lieu of thestronger vibratory action resulting from the direct application of thevibrating head portion or applicator of the vibrator.

It is desirable to have and an object of this invention to providedetachable means for use with a conventional hand operable vibrator tomodify the intensity of the normal action of said vibrator.

It i also an object of this invention to provide an attachment for ahand operable vibrator comprising means secured to overlie a wallportion of said vibrator, said means having integral therewith asubstantially fiat plate member arranged to transmit a modifiedvibratory action from said vibrator.

It is more specifically an object of this invention to provide anattachment for a hand type of vibrator, said attachment comprising aholding means having a plate member integral therewith and means fortransmitting through said plate member a modification of the vibratoryaction generated by said vibrator.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be setforth in the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views and in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in front elevation with a portion thereof being brokenaway;

FIG. 2 is a view in side elevation;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective showing an operating relationshipbetween portion of the device herein;

FIG. 5 is a view in horizontal section taken on line 55 of FIG. 1 asindicated; and

FIG. 6 is a view in vertical section taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 5 asindicated.

The device herein is indicated generally by the character 19 andembodies the use of a conventional hand type of vibrator 12. Saidvibrator comprises a front wall 13, side walls 15, a rear wall 16 and abottom wall 17 through which an electric line or cord 18 having aconventional terminal plug will extend to a power supply. The lowerportion of said vibrator is of a reduced width forming a handle 20.

Extending forwardly of said front wall is a vibration head or applicator21 connected directly by a shaft 22 to the operating mechanism housedwithin said vibrator. A suitable switch 24 is provided arranged toextend outwardly of said handle 20.

The reflex vibration conducting attachment herein may take on variousspecific forms. In the preferred embodiment here presented saidattachment is disclosed as comprising a collar bracket 30 about thehandle of said vibrator secured by a nutted bolt 32 disposed throughspaced forwardly extending flange portions 31 of said bracket.

Integral with said collar bracket and extending upwardly along said rearwall 16 in engagement therewith is a bracket housing 33 here indicatedas being substantially rectangular in cross section having a forwardwall portion 35 overlying said rear wall 16, side walls 36 and laterallyspaced rear or outer wall portions 37 having formed between the adjacentedges thereof a longitudinal slot 39.

Preferably disposed between said bracket 35 and said rear vibrator wall16 is a thin gasket 46 of suitable material to prevent chatter betweensaid vibrator and said bracket housing and to act to reduce the noiselevel of sound passing from the housing of said vibrator through saidbracket.

Secured within said bracket housing 33, as by a press fit, is the headportion 43 of an elongated handle 42. Integral with said head portion 43of said handle and connected thereto by a neck portion 44 of narrowedwidth is a substantially flat plate member 46 which forms a reflex ormodifying applicator or vibration head. Said head portion preferablywillhave a width or span greater than that of said vibrator. Said neckportion 44 is narrower than said handle head portion 43 and thus isrecessed inwardly from the adjacent sides thereof forming a pair ofslots 47 between said handle head portion and said plate member 46. Whensaid head portion of said handle is in operating position secured withinsaid bracket housing said spaced rear wall portions 37 will be disposedin said slots 47 and said neck portion 44 will be disposed in said slot39.

In operation, the elongated handle permits the convenient use of thevibrator by the operator on various portions of his body, such as backportions not otherwise reachable by hand alone. The vibratory mechanismWithin the vibrator directly actuates the vibration head or applicator21. The vibration thus set up is transmitted indirectly through thehousing of the vibrator to pass directly through the bracket housing 33and through the head portion 43 of the handle, the neck portion 44 andthe reflex vibration head or applicator 46.

The reflex vibration head or applicator 46 is applied directly to thevarious portions of the body for treatment. This permits the applicationof a vibration action which is greatly modified and much less intensethan the action which results from the direct application of thevibrator head 21. In many treatments or for many purposes theapplication of a strong vibration is not desirable, but a modified formof a vibration which provides soothing stimulation or circulation forsensitive areas is highly desirable. The attachment disclosed hereinprovides such treatment.

Thus it is seen that I have provided a simply constructed attachment fora conventional type of vibrator which produces and provides a modifiedand less intense vibratory action than is possible with the directapplication of the vibration head of said vibrator.

It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in theform, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts, withoutdeparting from the scope of applicants invention which, generallystated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects aboveset forth, in the parts and combinations of parts disclosed and definedin the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A reflex vibration attachment in connection with a hand vibratorhaving in combination,

a bracket secured about said vibrator, said bracket having a housingportion extending along one wall of said vibrator, said housing portionhaving a longitudinal slot in the outer rear wall portion thereof,

an elongated handle having ahead portion thereof secured within saidhousing portion, and

a substantially fiat plate member having a span greater than the widthof said vibrator being integral with said head portion along said slot.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, and

' a resilient sound reducing strip disposed between said member havingan integral construction comprising a connecting neck portion. 7

References Cited L. W. TRAPP, Primary Examiner.

